奧巴馬提名金勇?lián)问澜玢y行行長一托福閱讀機經背景

1、智課網TOEFL備考資料奧巴馬提名金勇?lián)问澜玢y行行長一托福閱讀機經背景 President Barack Obama has nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank. 奧巴馬總統(tǒng)已經提名享有聲望的一位 美國大學 負責人擔任世界銀行行長。 Making the announcement Friday in the White House Rose Garden, President Obama said the World Bank is much more than just a ba

2、nk. 奧巴馬總統(tǒng)星期五在白宮玫瑰花園宣布了這一決定，他說，世界銀行絕不僅僅是一個銀行。 He called the institution "one of the most powerful tools we have to reduce poverty," and explained his choice of a non-economist to lead it. 奧巴馬總統(tǒng)稱世界銀行這個機構是“我們減少貧困最有力的工具之一”，并解釋了他為什么挑選一位非經濟學家來領導這個機構的原因。 "It is time for a development profess

3、ional to lead the worlds largest development agency," he said, adding that Kim has worked for years to fight poverty and promote development - the main missions of the 187-nation World Bank, which helps finance infrastructure projects like roads and dams. 他說：“現(xiàn)在是由一位發(fā)展問題專家來領導這個世界上最大的發(fā)展機構的時候了?！眾W巴

4、馬總統(tǒng)表示，金勇為對抗貧困，促進發(fā)展已經工作多年，而這正是擁有187個成員國的世界銀行的主要使命。世界銀行主要幫助為道路和大壩等基礎設施項目籌措資金。 “Jim has spent more than two decades working to improve conditions in developing countries around the world," said Obama. "As a physician and an anthropologist, he co-founded Partners in Health, and led a World Hea

5、lth Organization to treat three million patients with HIV/AIDS." 奧巴馬總統(tǒng)說：“金勇花了20多年的時間致力于改善世界各發(fā)展中國家的條件。作為一名醫(yī)生和人類學家，他共同參與創(chuàng)建了世界健康伙伴基金會，并領導世界衛(wèi)生組織為三百萬艾滋病或者艾滋病毒感染者進行治療?！?Kim is the first Asian-American to lead one of the United States' eight prestigious Ivy League universities. He holds degrees fr

6、om Ivy League members Brown and Harvard. 金勇是首位領導美國8所著名的常青藤聯(lián)盟大學之一的亞裔美國人。他從常青藤聯(lián)盟著名的布朗大學和哈佛大學獲得了學位。 He was born in South Korea in 1959, and his family moved to the United States when he was five years old. 金勇1959年出生于韓國，他的家人在他5歲那年移居美國。 If confirmed by the World Bank board, Kim will succeed Robert Zoelli

7、ck, who has led the bank for almost five years. 如果這項提名得到世界銀行董事會的批準，金勇將接替佐利克領導世界銀行差不多5年的時間。 The institution has always been led by an American, although developing countries have expressed interest in replacing Zoellick with a candidate from outside the United States. 雖然發(fā)展中國家對由一位來自美國以外的候選人接替佐利克感興趣，但是

8、世界銀行一直是由美國人領導。 Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has declared her candidacy for the World Bank presidency, and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo has been mentioned as a possible candidate. 尼日利亞財政部長伊維拉已經宣布她參選世界銀行行長職務，前哥倫比亞財政部長奧坎波也被認為是可能的候選人之一。 In recent years there has

9、 been a push to have the World Bank chief and the head of the International Monetary Fund come from a developing economy, which have grown in financial power. Traditionally, a European leads the IMF, and an American the World Bank. 近年來已經有勢力推動由財經力量取得增長的發(fā)展中國家人士出任世界銀行或者國際貨幣基金組織的領導人。傳統(tǒng)上是歐洲人出任國際貨幣基金組織總裁，美國人擔任世界銀行行長。 Obama made the announcement before leaving late Friday for the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. 奧巴馬總統(tǒng)是在星期五晚間啟程赴首